The Wanart booth at NY Gift Show 2010. It was nice meeting everybody who stopped by!

Gearing up for the New York International Gift Fair at the end of the month. I will be debuting new Kiwi and Pear designs among other items! Please stop by and see us in the Wanart booth #1848 if you will be attending. Take a sneak peek at our new gift enclosure collection!
 

NYCreates’ Sixth Annual Holiday Crafts Fair
Saturday December 12 & Sunday December 13
at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St.
The work of over 50 NYC artists and artisans, representing diverse mediums, will be available for purchase at NYCreates’ annual Holiday Crafts Fair, returning for the third year to the Brooklyn Historical Society.
The Fair features high quality [...]

Tonight, I was very fortunate to attend a workshop hosted by the Society of Illustrators (www.societyillustrators.org) called:
The Art of Children’s Books with Selina Alko and Sean Qualls
Sean and Selina are an amazing husband and wife duo who are successful children’s book author/ illustrators. They gave plenty of handy tips and information about the industry as well [...]

Despite the crazy pouring rain in Boston on Saturday, my book reading at the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) was a success! I’m so thankful to the people who braved the stormy weather, especially with small children, to see me read my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear.
 
I made the event more fun and interactive [...]

I recently booked my first reading for my book Greetings from Kiwi and Pear. I’m really excited because it will be in my hometown of Boston. Also, this event is somewhat personal to me in that with the event being held in Boston’s Chinatown, there will be some children attending who come from a similar [...]

ahhh…the Jacob Javits Center – designed by architects I.M. Pei and partners back in 1986 and named after the US Senator who died that year – it’s also where I hawk my goods about three weeks out of the year for the National Stationery Show every May and for the New York International Gift Fair [...]

Just got back this week from the Atlanta Gift Show – I was not originally planning to do this show this year but my friend Meredith Lee of The Rare Orchid (www.therareorchid.com) was going to do the show and asked me if I wanted to share with her. She is one of the hardest working people that I [...]

I just got back from the Licensing International Expo in Las Vegas! It was a huge success in terms of the response and feedback I received and the number of prospective clients and agents that I met. Now the “real” work begins! I’ll talk a little more later about my overall thoughts on the show when I’ve [...]

Here are the pics of the Wanart booth at National Stationery Show 2009 as promised. I’m still recovering from the show – I have tons of new ideas I can’t wait to get started on. Although next week will be all about the next Kiwi and Pear book – I have to start sketching out the [...]